CVE-2017-16613

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16613
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-21 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-12 18:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in middleware.py in OpenStack Swauth through 1.2.0 when used with OpenStack Swift through 2.15.1. The Swift object store and proxy server are saving (unhashed) tokens retrieved from the Swauth middleware authentication mechanism to a log file as part of a GET URI. This allows attackers to bypass authentication by inserting a token into an X-Auth-Token header of a new request. NOTE: github.com/openstack/swauth URLs do not mean that Swauth is maintained by an official OpenStack project team.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swauth All All All All
Application Openstack Swift All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4044-1 swauth DEBIAN www.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
OpenStack Swauth CVE-2017-16613 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#882314 - swauth: Swift object/proxy server writing swauth Auth Token to log file (CVE-2017-16613) - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug #1655781 “Swift object/proxy server writing Auth Token to lo...” : Bugs : OpenStack Object Storage (swift) CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Hash token before storing it in Swift · openstack/swauth@70af798 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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